Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk around in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary(秘書(shū)) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight.
【小題1】The writer always refuses to give people directions because _____________.

A．she is a stranger to the cityB．she doesn’t know the people
C．she has no time to help othersD．she’s afraid of giving wrong direction
【小題2】 A man stopped the writer on the way to _____________.
A．sell her something B．a(chǎn)sk her the time
C．make friends with herD．a(chǎn)sk for the direction
【小題3】The Friendship Building is the place where the writer ______________.
A．livesB．studiesC．worksD．teaches
【小題4】The words “embarrassed” in the paragraph means “___________”.
A．尷尬B．困惑C．激動(dòng)D．拮據(jù)
【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The writer is too shy to give others directions.
B．The writer has a very poor sense of direction.
C．The writer never got lost when she was young.
D．The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文講述的是因?yàn)樽髡咦约悍较蚋泻懿�，所以�?dāng)有人向他問(wèn)路時(shí)，他總是拒絕別人。有一次又有一個(gè)人向作者問(wèn)路，作者像往常一樣拒絕了他。但是他隨后就意識(shí)到那個(gè)地方正是他工作的地方，可已經(jīng)來(lái)不及了。當(dāng)作者在辦公室里見(jiàn)到那個(gè)陌生人時(shí)，作者感到非常的尷尬。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文開(kāi)頭Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them.可知，作者的方向感很差，所以他不敢給別人指示方向。故選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building.可知，一次在回家的路上，一個(gè)陌生人向作者詢問(wèn)怎樣去友誼大廈，即在向他問(wèn)路。故選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps. I realized that he had asked the way to my office building.可知，當(dāng)一個(gè)陌生人向作者問(wèn)路的時(shí)候，作者像往常一樣拒絕回答，但是后來(lái)他突然想起來(lái)，友誼大廈就是作者的辦公樓，就是他工作的地方。故選C。
【小題4】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在的句子以及上文第四段中的內(nèi)容可知，當(dāng)那個(gè)陌生人問(wèn)路的時(shí)候，作者像往常一樣，沒(méi)有為他指路。但是后來(lái)在作者的辦公室里，作者又再次見(jiàn)到了那個(gè)陌生人，所以見(jiàn)面時(shí)，作者應(yīng)該是感到很尷尬。故選A。
【小題5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions.可知，作者不給陌生人指路是因?yàn)樗约悍较蚋胁睿ε陆o別人指錯(cuò)了方向，故A不對(duì)；根據(jù)I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time. 可知C不對(duì)；短文中沒(méi)有提到那個(gè)陌生人見(jiàn)到作者時(shí)的感受，但是不應(yīng)該是nervous，緊張，故D不對(duì)；根據(jù)Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them可知B是正確的。故選B。
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。 

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